Pockets is the first new music from up-and-coming band Low Girl since their acclaimed EP, Uh-Oh, and its BBC 6 Music play listed single, Bored.
Vocalist Sarah Cosgrove is once again at the centre of Low Girl’s latest release, but the instrumentation that surrounds it feels purposeful. A fast-moving bass line sets the pace, together with sharp drums that punctuate the song’s melody. The result has a daydream-like feel to it – a stripped-back reimagining of the aesthetics of artists like The Shins and Beach House.
The song itself is about those thoughts and feelings that constantly resurface — an attempt to take them and tuck them into one's pocket. This comes through in Low Girl's description:
“Pockets is about trying to repress something that constantly resurfaces. It’s all about the allure of the ‘what-if’ and it’s a rose-tinted way of viewing those possibilities. My life was all over the place when I wrote this track, and there was a real sense of anticipation and being on the edge of something.
“I’m grappling with trying to figure out who this person I’ve bloomed into is, all the while trying to find some tangible light to look to. There’s an element of deluding yourself into believing in an impossible dream. I imagine this warm, settled imagery of the afternoon and how I feel like I never quite reach it.
“My way of coping with all of those issues has been to write something where I kind of trivialise and try and laugh about it. Is that healthy? Who knows!”
Check out Pockets below, and look for Low Girl when they tour the UK in September and October:
2nd Sep: Darlington – Last Train Home Festival 28th Sep: Portsmouth – The Wedgewood Rooms 30th Sep: Luton – Castlefest Festival 1st Oct: Cambridge – The Blue Moon 4th Oct: London – Paper Dress Vintage 12th Oct: Manchester – Beyond The Music Festival 13th Oct: Birmingham – The Victoria 14th Oct: Bristol – The Lanes